It is a giggle full of high spirits and merry mischief, proof that we never lose our girlish selves, no matter what sort of women we become.
It is all I can do not to confide to the girl closest to me: If I should die during tea - asphyxiated by my own corset - please do not let them bury me in such a hideous dress or I shall come back to...
It is how it has always been. We will accept the legacy of our ancestors,' Asha says, smiling, and in her smile I do not see warmth or wisdom; I see fear.You're afraid of losing your hold on them,' I...
It keeps her purity vacum-sealed to preserve its freshness for her future husband.
It was a machine that required constant feeding- Henry hated the machine, and he hated himself for wanting the sort of admiration it promised, as if he had no worth unless someone was there to applaud...
It was late; I’d been sleeping. I woke up to the sound of him crying. The ward was dark, with only the light from the nurses’ station bleeding in. ‘Kid,’ he said to me, and his voice… his voice was li...
It wasn't my doing. It is the drink and the laudanum and the opium and that bloody refusal to live. That selfish grief. I thought I could change it with magic, but I can't. People will be who they are...
Just ducky!
Little clue: wasted on me. What? I’m into girls. Oh. Oh! Chu said. Right. Got it. That’s cool. I’ve got a cousin who’s gay. Amy Liu. Know her? Jennifer laughed. Oh, sure. I’ll just look her up in the...
Maybe that's what real friendship is -- getting so used to people that you need to be annoyed by them.
Men have feelings too, you know. You bruise the petals of my manflower.
Miss McCleethy stands to address us. Thank you, Miss Bradshaw. That was a nice start to our day.A nice start? It was lovely. Perfect, in fact. Miss McCleethy has no passion at all, I decide. I shall b...
My aunt says you should only pray to Jesus. Blind Bill grunted and spat. You think the white folks' god is gonna help you? You think he's on our side? I don't think anybody's god is on our side.
My cholera's acting up again.
My musical cutlery skills have landed me in the top concert halls of Europe. The Queen yelling out, ‘Spoon solo!’ Duff played a mock spoon solo against his thigh, then made crowd sounds. Of course, th...
Nearby, Lady Liberty hoists her torch in the harbor, a beacon to all who come to these shores to escape persecution or famine or hopelessness. For this is the land of dreams. The
Nicole hated that she could never quite feel like she was just herself, just Nicole, but that she was somehow representing an entire race. That’s how they saw her, as a they and not a she.
No historians or librar ians were harmed in the making of this book, but some were badgered extensively with questions.
No person has ever held all the power. There must be a balance between chaos and order, dark and light. With the Temple magic bound to you, the realms are no longer in balance. The power could change...
People always think they know other people, but they don’t. Not really. I mean, maybe they know things about them, like they won’t eat doughnuts or they like action movies or whatever. But they don’t...
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